Which Nation Has the Oldest Continuing Hereditary Monarchy

A hereditary monarchy is the most common style of monarchy and is the form that is used by almost all of the world's existing monarchies.

Under a hereditary monarchy, all the monarchs come from the same family, and the crown is passed down from one member to another member of the family. The hereditary system has the advantages of stability, continuity and predictability, as well as the internal stabilizing factors of family affection and loyalty.

The following list is a list of hereditary monarchies and their current (as of 2019^[update]) monarchs.

NOTE: The table comprises some sovereign monarchs of the world today, but is incomplete.

Monarchies of sovereign states [edit]

Africa [edit]

• Kingdom of Eswatini – Mswati III
• Kingdom of Lesotho – Letsie III
• Kingdom of Morocco – Mohammed VI

Americas [edit]

• Antigua and Barbuda – Charles III
• The Bahamas – Charles III
• Belize – Charles III
• Canada - Charles III
• Grenada – Charles III
• Jamaica – Charles III
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Charles III
• Saint Lucia – Charles III
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Charles III

Asia [edit]

• Kingdom of Bhutan – Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk
• Sultanate of Brunei – Hassanal Bolkiah
• Kingdom of Cambodia – Norodom Sihamoni
• Japan - Naruhito
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea – Kim Jong-un (unofficial)
• Kingdom of Thailand – Maha Vajiralongkorn

Europe [edit]

• Kingdom of Belgium – Philippe
• Kingdom of Denmark – Margrethe II
• Principality of Liechtenstein – Hans-Adam II
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg – Henri
• Principality of Monaco – Albert II
• Kingdom of the Netherlands – Willem-Alexander
• Kingdom of Norway – Harald V
• Kingdom of Spain – Felipe VI
• Kingdom of Sweden – Carl XVI
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Charles III

West Asia [edit]

• Kingdom of Bahrain – Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah
• Kingdom of Jordan – Abdullah II of Jordan
• State of Kuwait – Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Sultanate of Oman – Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
• State of Qatar – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• United Arab Emirates – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, Emir of Abu Dhabi

Oceania [edit]

• Commonwealth of Australia – Charles III
• Realm of New Zealand – Charles III
• Papua New Guinea – Charles III
• Solomon Islands – Charles III
• Kingdom of Tonga – Tupou VI
• Tuvalu – Charles III

Sub-national monarchies [edit]

Africa [edit]

See also: List of current constituent African monarchs

Côte d'Ivoire [edit]

• King of the Agni Sanwi – Okatamaisu Nana Amon N'duffu V

Ghana [edit]

• King of the Ashanti – Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

Nigeria [edit]

• Kingdom of Benin – Ewuare II
• Kingdom of Ile-Ife – Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
• Kano Emirate – Muhammadu Sanusi II
• Kingdom of Onitsha – Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe
• Kingdom of Oyo – Lamidi Adeyemi III
• Sultanate of Sokoto – Sa'adu Abubakar

South Africa [edit]

• King of the Zulus – Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Uganda [edit]

• Kingdom of Buganda – Muwenda Mutebi II, Kabaka of Buganda
• Kingdom of Bunyoro – Solomon Iguru I, Omukama of Bunyoro
• Kingdom of Busoga – William Kadhumbula Gabula Nadiope IV, Kyabazinga of Busoga
• Kingdom of Rwenzururu – Irema-Ngoma I, Omusinga of Rwenzururu
• Kingdom of Toro – Rukidi IV, Omukama of Toro

Asia [edit]

Indonesia [edit]

• Sunanate of Surakarta – Susuhunan Pakubuwono XIII
• Sultanate of Yogyakarta – Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta

Malaysia [edit]

• Sultanate of Johor – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor
• Sultanate of Kedah – Sallehuddin of Kedah
• Sultanate of Kelantan – Muhammad V of Kelantan
• Sultanate of Pahang – Abdullah of Pahang
• Sultanate of Perak – Nazrin Shah of Perak
• Kingdom of Perlis – Sirajuddin of Perlis
• Sultanate of Selangor – Sharafuddin of Selangor
• Sultanate of Terengganu – Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu

United Arab Emirates [edit]

• Emirate of Abu Dhabi – His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi
• Emirate of Ajman – His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Emir of Ajman
• Emirate of Dubai – His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai
• Emirate of Fujairah – His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of Fujairah
• Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah – His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah
• Emirate of Sharjah – His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Emir of Sharjah
• Emirate of Umm al-Quwain – His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla

See also [edit]

• Commonwealth realm
• List of monarchies
• List of dynasties

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hereditary_monarchies

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